Like a budget hard drive after 6 months use, my memory is shot. I feel like I can barely remember anything.
I’ve been learning to code for the past 6 months and I have to periodically relearn all the concepts I had already learnt to implement them. I must mention that I am also trying to learn another language as well as do my full-time day job at the same time.
It feels like I am barely making any progress and that has been a shot in the arm to my confidence.
I don’t want to feel like I suck at everything, the only thing I think I have going for myself is that I think I can improve myself.
Any tips to help with memory retention?
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Take notes. It’s the only way I’m able to hang onto specific information and concepts ( ie code syntax, structures, processes ) in any reliable way. Your own notes are infinitely more valuable than any textbook(or blog or forum or whatever). Your own notes will be in your thought patterns, meaning when you read them later the information is ‘ready-to-eat’. Textbooks written by someone else provide information which first needs to be wrestled into shape before you can use it.
I have a self-hosted nextcloud server. I spent weeks learning how to set up apache, SSL certificiates etc. Then when 3 months later something broke, I had to learn it again from scratch - which led to me writing ‘guides’ for myself for all the stages of the process so the next failure would be easier to recover.
If it’s worth remembering, it’s worth writing down.
All the best! New languages (human or machine) are always difficult, but incredibly rewarding.
Quote of the day there.
Thank you.
What do you suggest hand written notes or digital ones?
I have also found myself in this situation and try to keep obsidian notes. But sometimes it feels counterintuitive, because there is so much to write. I fixed a bug, should I write it down? But I also fixed three to two bugs, should I write them all down?
handwritten
the physical act of writing helps me remember, I often don’t even look at them again
Keep a journal.
I have a single journal for daily events, in excel of all things.
I have a title column, date, related to (Linux, Tailscale, Health, etc) then a Notes column. This way I can filter on the related to column and search it.
I have links to OneNote pages (or just titles), and could easily do the same with Obsidian or anything else. There are years of notes in it now. Anything I’ve fixed is in there, so easy to find again with my own wording (which is how it started, then I realized keeping a separate personal journal made it harder to see things in general, or connections specifically) .
On my phone I use an app called… Memento. It’s like excel, but designed for a simpler UI. Easy for me to create new databases on a whim, or simply add info to one.
I believe many people witg ADHD have a working memory deficit too, so getting new info into long term memory is more crucial for them.
I also agree that handwritten is generally best for journals/notes like this, I just needed it to be searchable.
Second the taking notes idea.
Can say in my case, a txt file for useful commands I’ve been feeding since I started using Linux 4 years ago has been invaluable.